When the bankruptcy was finally settled in 1994, creditors collected pennies on the dollar.

When the visitors were about to leave, Gault forgot that he was collecting pennies and became generous.

A small library is run by a dignified 85-year-old who is famous for collecting pennies and has thus far donated $250,000 to charity.

Even when repayment is ordered, victims usually collect only pennies on the dollar of what they are owed or get nothing at all.

Even the task of collecting dimes, nickels and odd pennies was something of a drudge.

The Librarian, one of the tavern's regulars, had been collecting pennies in readiness.

Forget collecting pennies for Unicef or washing cars to raise money for hospitals.

Ryan also organized a program in which Illinois schoolchildren collected pennies for the construction of the presidential library, which raised $47,000 dollars.

Mr. Gross said students in participating schools collected pennies during a three-week period last fall.

Years ago, students collected enough pennies to mount a bust of Washington atop the monument.